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Sweet things become bitter sometimes.

The Lydian child had left his mother far behind,And stayed away from her just a little while,But you, awful bees, ravaged him.He had come to you in the belief that you were mellow birds,Whereas not even the grim viper would be so savage.Ah! You give stings in exchange for the sweet present of honey.
O pain, no gift of love comes without you.